Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War by Benson, Kevin C. M.

Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War

"Of all the many mistakes the United States made in invading Iraq, none was as damning as...
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Author: Kevin C. M. Benson
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Language: English
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Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War by Benson, Kevin C. M.

Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War

CHF 30.75

Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War

CHF 30.75
Author: Kevin C. M. Benson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
"Of all the many mistakes the United States made in invading Iraq, none was as damning as the mishandling of postwar security and reconstruction. The place to start to understand that fiasco is with Kevin Benson's Expectation of Valor." -- Kenneth M. Pollack, former CIA Persian Gulf military analyst and author of Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness

Given the length of time the United States spent in Iraq, there is a perception that there was no consideration before the war of what should be done after coalition forces arrived in Baghdad and removed Saddam Hussein. However as this unofficial history reveals, there was a great deal of planning to address how to achieve the policy objectives for Iraq set by the Bush administration. Kevin Benson--director of plans for the United States Third Army, the ground forces command headquarters for GEN Franks' Central Command, at the start of the war--details the development of the invasion plan and its subsequent execution from D-Day in March 2003 until the change of command of operations in Iraq and the departure of Third Army in June 2003.

He addresses the persistent trope that "the Army did no planning" for "Phase IV," revealing that extensive plans were proposed, and were met with very little interest in Washington. The book covers the difficulties encountered in dealing with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, from getting his approval on the number of forces requested to conducting the campaign to find the "smoking gun" of WMD; the instructions given to Army, Marine and coalition forces; and the daily secure video teleconferences with Central Command and the Pentagon, and the rather remarkable conversations and guidance that came from these meetings.

Author: Kevin C. M. Benson
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 07/18/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781636244266

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